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Virtual Press Conference 2021 – Legislation for Affordable Diabetes Treatment
February 2, 2021 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
A virtual press conference will take place at 2:45 on Tuesday, February 2nd over Zoom to announce a bipartisan effort to pass legislation to make diabetes treatment more affordable.
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Here is the zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81202445166…
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Following a bus caravan by West Virginians to Canada to purchase cheaper insulin, in 2020, the West Virginia Legislature passed HB 4543, which capped co-pays for insulin at $100 per month in plans covered by West Virginia law.
Inspired by passage of a Connecticut law, two of the sponsors for last year’s bill, Delegate Barbara Evans Fleischauer, D-Monongalia, and Delegate Matt Rohrbach, R-Cabell, are teaming up to sponsor legislation in the 2021 session that will cap co-pays for supplies, equipment and non-insulin drugs to treat diabetes.